Independent Female Filmmakers : A Chronicle through Interviews, Profiles, and Manifestos / Edited By Michele Meek

Independent Female Filmmakers collects original and previously published essays, interviews, and manifestos from some of the most defining and groundbreaking independent female filmmakers of the last 40 years. Featuring material from the seminal magazine The Independent Film and Video Monthly—a leading publication for independent filmmakers for several decades—as well as new interviews conducted with the filmmakers, this book, edited by Michele Meek, presents a unique perspective into the ethnically and culturally diverse voices of women filmmakers whose films span narrative, documentary, and experimental genres and whose work remains integral to independent film history from the 1970s to the present. Independent Female Filmmakers also includes a biographical profile of each filmmaker, as well as an online resource with links to additonal interviews and a sample course syllabus. Table of Contents: Feminist Independents – By Patricia White Introduction – By Michele Meek An Independent Revolution: A History of the Association of Independent Video & Filmmakers (AIVF) and The Independent Film & Video Monthly – By Erin Trahan Ericka Beckman (1951–) – By Emily WatlingtonLizzie Borden (1958–) – By Cynthia Felando Lisa Cholodenko (1964–) – By Holly Willis Martha Coolidge (1946–) – By Michele Meek Julie Dash (1952–) – By Christina N. Baker Cheryl Dunye (1966–) – By Sarah E. S. Sinwell Jennifer Fox (1959–) – By Michele Meek Su Friedrich (1954–) – By Erin Trahan Miranda July (1974–) – By Erin Trahan Barbara Kopple (1946–) – By Lisa Dombrowski Maria Maggenti (1962–) – By Amy Guth Deepa Mehta (1950–) – By Anna Sarkissian Trinh T. Minh-ha (1952–) – By Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa and Patricia Alvarez Astacio Yvonne Rainer (1934–) – By Aviva Dove-Viebahn Annie Sprinkle (1954–) and Beth Stephens (1960–) – By Linda Williams

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